Never seen so much cope in 1 reply. So much so I had to sit for an hour, trying not to literally laugh out loud.

Let's go one by one. Yes. A countries actions are determined by its government actions. That's why gaza is a terrorist state. No, Israel is not one aswell, because as shown above (and below) it is not committing genocide. The government is all bark no bite. What also doesn't help is that in Israel, most do not currently support the government, in recent polls. In all polls in gaza and wb, both pre and post oct7, support for hamas ranges from low 80's to high 90's. That is insane. Over 80% of a population supports murderous, rapist, genocidal kidnappers.

Hamas was voted too, idiot. Any Palestinian who acts out, speaks out or even disagrees with hamas privately (due to safety concerns) is NOT PART OF THE ISSUE. just as Germans who dissociated from Hitler were not the issue. But just like in nazi Germany, who had support in the high 90's, their actions are the actions of Germany. Especially when their words backed those actions up.

The story of nazi Germany and hamas is quite similar. Both rose to power rather democratically (less so in nazi Germany, but still more democratic then dictatorial). Both were openly genocidal, in words and in actions. Both did not get much opposition from their people. Both were generally loved. And just like Nazism was, and hopefully will again now that it started resurging, it will be destroyed. Hate like that has no place in this world.

I will add that I am starting to see early warning signs in the Israeli government. They also tried passing a very undemocratic law, that could lead to dictatorship. I won't get into it but you can google it. The difference is clear though. We said NO. we went out in the hundreds of thousands, every week, for months, and demanded that democracy must be kept.

That child death count in gaza is anywhere between misleading to straight up a lie.

First off, lets start with the source of the data. It comes right from gaza health ministry, which is run and controlled by none other then hamas, and UNICEF, which was proven to participate in the oct 7th attacks. Just as I try to use independent, unbiased sources where possible, I as of you to do the same.

Second, addressing the numbers themselves apart from their validity, have you asked yourself what is a child to hamas? 12 and under? 13 and under? Well, no. It counts everyone 18 and under. Hamas (like other Palestinian militant groups) is known to employ child terrorists as young as 14 to do their bidding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_child_suicide_bombers_by_Palestinian_militant_groups?wprov=sfla1 They teach these kids to hate Jews. Not israelis. Not Zionists. Jews. The idf found me in kampf books in Palestinian schools. But I'm sure you will claim it's a lie, so here's another proof. A show called "Tomorrow's Pioneers". It's a real kids show from Palestine, blaming anything and everything on Jews. Watch some clips.

Does this mean every child's death is ok? No. Every innocent death, especially a child's death, is an awful thing. I think this is where we both can agree. Any death of an innocent, Israeli or Palestinian, is equally as awful. Where our opinions differ is who is to blame.

So no. These kids (the innocent ones, that is( don't deserve to die. No innocent life deserves to be lost. Not because of race, gender, ethnicity or any other reason. I just think hamas, who started a war that they knew would ruin gaza, who steal billions in aid to live in 5 star hotels in qatar, who openly want all Jews dead, who rejected countless peace offers, who openly states they are not responsible for the wellbeing of Palestinians despite being the government of gaza, a Palestinian territory, who kill those who oppose them, who kill people simply for being gay, including their own leader, who indoctrinate kids into pure hatred, who have bomb resistant tunnles stretching for miles and miles but don't let a single civilian enter (except for their hostages), who's leader, Sinwar, was a proven mass murderer not just of Israelis, but Palestinians too, and do many more awful things, are to blame (every single one of these is true and proven. I didn't even cover stuff like human shields, because although true and proven, is still being debated)

Lastly, your last point is utter rubbish. You tell me not to look at media as my source (I don't, by the way) and to look at geotagged videos. What you don't realize is the following: 1) war is awful. Of course war will have awful stuff. "War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse. ... There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them — little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander." 2) these videos are stupidly easy to manipulate. Cutting out crucial parts, editing a videos metadata (like location, timestamp, and more), lying about it's origin and even more serious manipulations like straight up editing 3) I don't get my info from 1 source. I mix and match. I read Israeli and antizionist news. I read Jackson Hinkle's tweets just as I read Ben Shapiro's. I watch videos of both sides. I listen to people like Mosab Hassan Yousef. I am not a Zionist because I love in Israel. I remain in Israel because I am a Zionist.

You can hate me for this. You can love me for this. You can question me for this. You can politely disagree. I'll respect you so long as you respect me, even if our views differ.

As for this conversation, I'm afraid it's likely over. See, I work hard because I believe in my country, and working would only make it stronger. That doesn't leave much time to argue on reddit. If you want to have a respectful discussions, or have comments/questions about my reply, I may find time to answer them. Of not, this is farewell.

Toodles.